Three Long Beach High School students earned the highest possible ACT composite score of a perfect 36. On average, only around a tenth of one percent of students who take the ACT earn the top score. In the U.S., the…
Today some of the brightest young minds on the Gulf Coast put their efforts on display at St. Patrick High School’s eighth grade Invention Fair. The students were tasked with finding a problem and then coming up with their own…
In 2017 there were at least nine school shootings reported in the US leaving dozens of students injured or dead and 2018 has already seen two school shootings. With this school shootings epidemic continuing, student safety has become an top…
News 25's Hank Davis interviews Sam Evens about the Gulf Coast Community Foundation Scholarship. To find out more or to apply please go online at MGCCF.org
“The future belongs to the educated.” That is the motto for the Milken Educator Award. On Friday, this prestigious award was given to a principal who received a surprise of a lifetime. Students from Pass Christian High School gathered in…
The Pass Christian School District board of trustees has announced that Superintendent Dr. Carla Evers has been granted a two-year extension to her contract. After evaluating Dr. Evers’ contract during a lengthy executive session last week, the board unanimously amended…
The Mississippi House intends to recommend a new education funding formula that would require the state to spend $107 million more than it is spending this year to aid K-12 schools. The legislature has fully funded the current education formula…
Program Inspired by NBC’s Upcoming Drama “Rise” From Executive Producer Jason Katims Network Partners with the Educational Theatre Foundation to Provide $10,000 Grants to 50 High Schools Across the Country UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – Jan. 9, 2018 – Inspired by…
Holiday break has come to an end and schools all across the Coast are back in session. For teachers and faculty at St. Martin High School, the holiday break was spent preparing for the spring semester. Principal Dina Holland told…
News 25's Kristen Durand interviews Brett Harris about the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at USM, registration opens January 9th. For more information please visit www.usm.edu/lifelong-learning/overview
Last night Moss Point Mayor Mario King went live on Facebook during a board meeting. Towards the end, the district two school board election was brought up in which time the mayor cleared up some misconceptions. During the mayor’s live…
Students at Biloxi upper elementary school transformed into chefs today with the help of a mobile kitchen. News 25's Caroline Eaker spoke with students who had a chance to take part in the unique cooking experience. Students are mixing things…
Today the Long Beach school district celebrated an achievement with a visit from the state superintendent. In front of students, teachers and members of the community. The Mississippi Superintendent of Education awarded the Long Beach School system for being a…
The Ocean Springs school district celebrated their excellence during a celebration today. Dr. Carey wright, the state superintendent of education stopped by the celebration to talk about the success of the ocean springs school district The school district was recognized…
Early Saturday morning dozens of kids and their parent’s battled the cold to take on the Kids Marathon. "We met twice a week for the last ten weeks and worked out with the kids to teach them how to stretch…
Students took a break from the classroom this afternoon to show off their poetry skills. Students at D’Iberville Middle School took a break from the classroom to channel their inner poet at their annual Poetry Café. Seventh grade teacher Chassidie…
Today, the Ocean Springs Education Foundation presented the Jan and Pieper Niolen Teacher of the Year award. Students and staff filled the Ocean Springs Middle School auditorium for what they thought would be a winter pep rally. A few minutes…
A group of fifth graders from Biloxi Upper Elementary School took a field trip today without even leaving the building. The kids took a journey through the stars inside a hands-on planetarium. A big black object was sitting in Biloxi…
The Mississippi Reading Association is composed of educators who come together to fight illiteracy. This year, they’re huddling up on the Coast at the Beau Rivage. Before becoming a nationally syndicated cartoonist, Marshall Ramsey remembers the impact that one teacher…
For the second year in a row, the University of Southern Mississippi has been ranked by Military Times as one of the top 20 ‘best for vets’ universities across the United States. USM, the highest ranked university in Mississippi, is…
The Mississippi Reading Association is being hosted at the Beau Rivage this week. Hundreds of teachers from across the Coast have come together to learn new teaching skills and hear from the top educators. DJ Batiste says he owes his…
Now students in the Orange Grove area will never run out of books to dive into. That is all thanks to the Rotary Club of Gulfport-Orange Grove. The Rotary Club donated the very first Little Free Library that is located…
News 25's Caroline Eaker interviews Glen East about the changes in Gulfport School District.
Pathways 2 Possibilities is helping guide students toward the route to success by providing tons of hands-on career experiences. Thousands of eighth graders were at the event today at the Coast Coliseum Convention Center in Biloxi. Over three thousand eighth…